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........^~  A SECRET ROUNDABOUT: IN WHAT USED TO BE ~^........
.......^~/ BRAZIL OR CHINA. FENCED IN, SECLUDED BY  /~^.......
......^~/*  SPECIAL PLANTS GROWING UNUSUALLY TALL.  */~^......
.....^~/*@    SPELLED IN BY PURPOSEFUL SYMMETRY,    @*/~^.....
....^~/*@§     ROADS LIKE SYMBOLS, ALIGNED WITH     §@*/~^....
...^~/*@§@  LEY LINES. DIALED IN WITH WELL-ROUNDED  @§@*/~^...
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....^~/*@§    A DANGEROUS GAME: THE ROUNDABOUT IS   §@*/~^....
.....^~/*@  IMPORTANT TO SOME LARGE CONSTELLATION   @*/~^.....
......^~/*       OF INTENTS AND BUREAUCRACIES.      */~^......
.......^~/  GOVERNMENTS AND COMPANIES ARE CREATURES /~^.......
........^~     IN A WAY. YET PEOPLE SNEAK SMALL     ~^........
.......^~/   BETWEEN THEIR CLAWS, AND HIDE IN THE   /~^.......
......^~/*    ROADSIDE BUSHES. THEY WAIT THERE.     */~^......
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....^~/*@§   VEHICLES APPROACH; THE GAME IS ON -    §@*/~^....
...^~/*@§@    QUICKLY THE PEOPLE ASSEMBLE IN WELL   @§@*/~^...
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.^~/*@§@##  COUNTER-SPELLS ON THE ASPHALT. TRAFFIC  ##@§@*/~^.
..^~/*@§@#   IS INSTANTLY DIVERTED, FLOWS IN SICK   #@§@*/~^..
...^~/*@§@  WAYS, LIKE DOGS LET LOOSE. SYMMETRY IS  @§@*/~^...
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........^~      CASUALTIES, ON BOTH SIDES. THE      ~^........
.......^~/    SPELLMAKERS WILL NOT COME HOME. IT    /~^.......
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.....^~/*@  IT, BUT THE CAUSE IS JUST. I SNEAK BACK @*/~^.....
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